WWTC: China Maintains Sole Lead

The sixth round of Women'с World Team Championship has finished in Mardin, Turkey. The results only strengthened China'с sole lead.

China — Greece 3-1
The leaders continued their victorious row by defeating one of the outsiders of the championship Greece. Although the beginning of the match seemed unclear, at the end Chinese Hou Yifan and Zhao Xue gained victories, while two other boards were drawn.

India — Russia 1- 3

Kosintseva N. — Koneru, Kosintseva T. — Harika were quickly drawn. Gunina and Pogonina beat Tania Sadchev and Soumya on the third and fourth boards respectively. Valentina'с success is a result of a solid positional play, while Natalia gained victory in an objectively drawn endgame.

62…a5??
after 62…Rb2! White can't win. For example, 63.f6 Rb7+, and after 64.Kf8 White are able to answer 64…Kg6 which leads to a draw.63.f6!
and Pogonina dominated:

Ukraine — Georgia 2-2
Khurtside lost a pawn against Zhukova already in an opening, however this game was last to end when the score was 2-1 in Georgia'с favor (Khotenashvili beat Muzychuk М.). Zhukova converted the advantage, which means the match finished in a draw 2-2. Khurtsidze lost her last chances to hold, perhaps, on the 40th move.

Turkey — Vietnam 0.5-3.5
Asian chess players appeared to be stronger in the match of the teams which are not claiming for the prize winning places. Vietnamese players won on two first boards, Hoang Thi Bao checkmated Ozturk. Later Hoang Thi Nhu on the fourth board brought another point to her team.

RSA — Armenia 0-4
RSA team was whitewashed by Armenian team. The fact that they managed to make two individual draws (in a match against Turkey) can be considered as their achievement.